VCon 30

Clayten Hamacher

2005-10-07

VCon is Vancouver, BC's yearly science-fiction fantasy convention.This year the convention was held at the Executive Airport Plaza in Richmond, BC near the Vancouver International Airport.Guests included Robert Silverberg, science-guest George Dyson, artist-guest Todd Lockwood, and media guests such as many of the new Battlestar Galactica cast.

This year was a little different; I was on panels myself and as such, many pictures here were taken from the other side of the table. This was appropriate considering the panels were discussing privacy and security. I saw George Dyson give his talk on the Orion Project, watched SuperAnon, an indie film about the siblings of superheroes, and J.D. "Illiad" Frazer, creator of User Friendly, give a talk about how to make a profit online. The Battlestar Galactica Panel is on its own page.

An event where we take the worst sci-fi and fantasy literature - often old pulps that illustrate what you get when you pay by the word - and act them out, to a reading. If you're thinking that it sounds awful, you're right. Awfully funny too though, which is the only thing that keeps the actors from rebelling when someone bids to continue whatever literary masterpiece we're roasting at the moment. The proceeds of the turkey readings and the "art" auction afterwords go to CUFF, the Canadian Unity Fan Fund. I leave you with this quote, "Like an aligator grinning at a naked swimmer." -- Sentinels From Space